150 Business Contacts Recorded in International Exhibition of Oil Product, Service Providers

Source: Algeria Times 3/8/2014, Location: Africa

The fourth International Exhibition of Oil Product and Service Providers which came to a close at Hassi Messaoud (Ouargla) recorded more than 150 business contacts, according to its organizers.

The 2014 edition was "a great success with more than 23,000 professional visitors and more than 150 business contacts recorded during the four days of the exhibition," said to the press Djafar Yaçini, director of Petroleum Industry Communication, the exhibition organizing body.

He said that the number of business contacts established for the purchase and sale of petroleum products and services has brought unprecedented dynamism this edition, become a key hub for the oil sector providers.

Despite the shortcomings in terms of accommodation and lack of frequency of flights to Hassi Messaoud the 2014 exhibition was a success, he noted.

The edition of 2014 was characterized by the large number of SMEs in the oil services seeking market share in Algeria.

Twenty-four countries took part in this annual event, which has become the number one in Africa, imposing itself as the largest platform of communication and development of business relationship between oil producers and their suppliers, Yaçini said.